Great Wall's Rise and China’s Early Dynastic Change
The passage recounts Shih Huang-ti’s unification of China, orders to build the Great Wall, and the wall’s vast scale with legends of its visibility from the moon. It notes the centralized provincial governance, territorial expansion, and the dynasty’s fall after 15 years amid court intrigue. It ends with the rise of a peasant rebel leader who founded one of China's greatest dynasties.
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Shih Huang-ti
Red River
Viet Nam
Shi Huang-ti
B.C
China
Auto Industry Pushes For Federal Vehicle Safety Standards
John F. Bugas, Ford vice president, told the House Commerce Committee that the auto industry supports a strong federal role in setting nationally uniform vehicle safety standards, while urging limited penalties and a role for states in enforcement. He opposed some administration terms and urged legally binding standards with research into accidents and highway safety programs.
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Ford Motor Co
Housejmerce
Bugas
Watten
Senate Commerce Committee
House Sets Vote On Rape Measure
A House bill would impose life imprisonment and or a ten thousand dollar fine for forcible rape with bodily injury. twenty years and ten thousand dollars if no bodily harm occurred. Leaders push final action this week and urge Senate to reconvene for the measure.
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Joshua Eilberg
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Stanley G. Stroup
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Scranton
Hedy Lamarr Denies Intent To Steal In LA Trial
Los Angeles AP reports Hedy Lamarr testified she faced physical emotional and financial woes not aplan to steal. She said 18 items were gathered to pay later and she had purchased shoes separately with a check from her manager. Final arguments followed her day of testimony.
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Los Angeles
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Earl Mills
Mills
Lenin Exhibit Blocked by Indonesian Students at Soviet Center
About 30 students armed with knives and clubs surrounded the Soviet cultural center in Jakarta to block a Lenin exhibit. Soldiers guarded the building as the students demanded closure and halted films about the Soviet founder, promising to stay posted indefinitely. The exhibit is expected to close in about two days.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
New Graduated Withholding System to Begin May 1
The United States adopts the first graduated withholding system to fund the Vietnam War. Beginning May 1, six rates 14 15 17 20 25 and 30 percent apply based on income deductions and marital status. The plan aims to align withholding with actual taxes to curb inflation and reduce take home pay for many, while others see no overall tax change.
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Washington
Uncle Sam
U.S
Johnson
New York Publishers Threaten Jobs Over Union Demands
Ameri can Newspaper Publishers Association president Gene Robb warned at the ANPA meeting that unions pushing higher demands could shutter three New York papers, costing about 5,000 jobs. The World Journal Tribune merger joins Herald Tribune and World-Telegram & Sun, with 2,000 jobs at stake amid seniority and severance disputes.
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Gene Robb
American Newspaper Publishers Association
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Times-Union
Knickerbocker News
ANPA
Newspaper Guild of New York
World Journal Tribune Inc
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World Journal Tribune Company
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Journal-American
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World Journal
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Return of Miners Expected Today
About 15,000 miners returned to work Monday, reducing the strike total to about 35,000. Officials said a portion of the 235,000 would be back today as the Bituminous Coal Operators Association ratified a tentative contract and a union policy committee meets in Washington to consider weekend talks.
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Morel
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Bituminous Coal Operators Association
Washington
Edward G. Fox
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W.A
Tony)Boyle
Nkrumah earnings vs deposits reveal in inquiry
Accra Ghana AP reports former president Kwame Nkrumah earned 332 816 dollars from government during 15 years in office while bank deposits in two local banks exceed 1.2 million dollars an official inquiry told Monday.
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Accra
Ghana
Kwame Nkrumah
Deaf Man Invents Tiny Transistor Hearing Aid
A hard of hearing inventor, deaf for 19 years, perfects a miniature transistor hearing aid. It promises crystal clear whispers and invites inquiries by mail to HEARING, 32 Beth St, Ene, Pa, with no cost or obligation.
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Ene
Valenti's Move From LBJ to Movie Industry Chief
Washing ton AP report notes Jack J. Valenti resigns as Johnson's special assistant to become president and CEO of the Motion Picture Producers Association of America. The 44 year old Texan known as a political promoter and Johnson ally departs with a higher salary likely in the offing. Valenti calls himself a movie buff and had long served as a White House confidant, overseeing speechwriters and other chores.
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Johnson
Jack J. Valenti
Motion Picture Producers Association of America
Valenti
Texas
John F. Kennedy
White House
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Movie Association
Will Hays
Eric Johnston
Chamber of Commerce of
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Houston
Kennedy-Johnson
Lyndon Johnson
Cape Kennedy Work Stoppage Ends In Interim Truce
The eight day strike by International Union of Electrical Workers at Cape Kennedy ended with a 30 day truce. Pickets were withdrawn from entrances as 116 of 1150 workers honored lines. Negotiations in San Francisco involved federal mediators and company reps over wage demands.
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United Technology Center
International Union of Electrical Workers
San Francisco
This Space Center
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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Sunnyvale
Redwood City
Coyote
California Electricians
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